Dispensing machine



Jan. 20, 1931. G, s, QoKE I 1,789,569.

nl sPENsING MACHINE Filed Aug. 14, 1929 2 sheets-sheet 1 iNvENToR @af-9e ea'o/f'e,

ATTORNEY Jan. 20, 1931. G. s. cooKE 1,789,669.

DISPENSING 'MACHINE Filed Aug. 14. 1929 2 Sheets-$heet 2 51 F15-:i5:- 16614 f1 16 i l :NvENToR @gaffe 5: bo/fe,

` ATTORNEY has for' its objettoiiripro 35 lires-,'lf'designates the baseff i F50 shellBand seriesthe Y of themachinejesugwho e Q of yeconomy of manufacture',

Single-mountmgplatrseurable in position l shaft'fandfrockerrme fbers,j'to providefthe t inc linejl` discharge plate Withjbck stopy lugs' '15 or earsj to insure the "apticlesffre c iischajrge ci} y from the mahne When released,.andvqpfof I Vide iother features of yimprovement `inthe mechanical perfection oi the machineliwhih Y will nier'appeari;

' ntheilrawings :4

[Figure 1 is a Vperspective Vention.V

` "Figure 2 1 ofFigureLl.;

` removedg '1 Figure 4 ist@ longitudinal section on the tioiiof the'- arrow. c. 3b "Figure 5 is a, d 'tail .perspectii'fe'viewlojoIie ofthe abutment lplates lookingy at. the rear f i thereof, vIn' thedrwings'in which like nui'neralsfof if reference indicate like parts f the? v i -Y shell 3 issecured through the inediurngfo I if fixed brackets: .that aregcarriedlloy'thegshell` 40 and the ysecuring screws- 5 apertures: in the bottoinj plate 2 anclgare" which p afs's through ifhreaded'into .sockets the sadbracketsrfsee Figures 2 and-,3.1 l A. l;

i 'The' opentop'. of the plate 6 Whichfis providedwith @depending .positioning bracket or-o0tf-7` that is 'aiiziptedY `t0 project into.

" which is secured to the ffrontfplgiteofffthe A is' Inountecl' inv a plane incliinedV toward the s a cross sectionfoii the line 2i, Figure Ssaninverte'ti pliiiithe the fsl'otte'cl'? channel braceV har udditionai Yfunest-ion f-Qf f Aro-@ker Shaft 22 is maimed in triiig 23 Yapertiire''of the lLlip 9 will. interloclil there- In the Shell 3 a straus; shelf; 173 l discharge slot'wy ,11i provided -f at?v the lblli of the 4shell and dened on one side by a, drop Y1M1g-.15 that depends rfrom thevfontedge of the Shelflind' outheother orirontjs'ide ,a .summertime 16? 'which hsedmp fears i? constituting an interrupted drop flange that' Y, is y spaced from -zind i -n' parallel relationv with i' the 'flange-15 1:0. form the said s1otimy;;-The "abutment Plate; 16 c has Lurstanng ears? 185 peeed'gbabkfromthe WindW-t provdelthe so w 7, sinple displaytrugm'see Figuresndji ,plate 16ms, @downwardly leentl yportion 16m constituting a Het flange,J ,by-means of which it isattachedto the front Wlloiithe f'shellin any: approvedk Way for c lower'. edge of f glass l'Win"flow j plate' 11., L Y

AV inountiiigplaie 19 is seci1i'flalong" the.

miauside` ftheisheifia @nu two transverse alignment,Witlisiniilaiispacesl'inltheflange 5 155. Two pairsof'fregisteringspacesQlfre provided 'iffhedfop-'Hanges mand .iii-,iihe-f, purpose'forwhich will.presetlynppearg-see ligguressind' 16u which, in the presentembodiment of the in-k vention, 'are` stamped :from the mounting plate 19. VAt one end the shaft 22 is pro- V jected into a sleeve 24an to which it is pinned,

, yWithin theV shell by "the sleeve 24x carrying an operating lever 24.

A stop pin 25- is securedtojthe sleeve 24m ing movementV of the shaft 22. i

"side arm of each member 28 liesvinwarplane i "to pass through the s aces 21 in the drop flanges 15 'and 17, whi e the other: arm 31 of `each member 28 is stepped at 32 to `liebelow and acrossfthe anges' 15 andy 17 f when the parts are in the normal er at rest yposition to `prevent v,falling `of ystraws throughthe? dis-4 a ibly connected charge fslotway 14, see Figure 3. Y,

-Eachs U-shaped rocker member 28 is ilexnormall'y to hold the parts to 'the position illustrated vinkligure Sgofthe. drawings;v`

136m between which the links Vmis-alignment thereof. n

The crankfplate ,34. also has pairs', of ears carrya pin 363/ Von which the links 33 are pivoted.,l The .single crank -plate34 takes the place of four separate vcranks '33, 41, 41,- 33 of my patented machine (see FigureB'of Patent;No`. 1,699,608). y

lTwo bearing`earsf38 are stamped froxnthe plate 19a-nd a U-shaped double bell crank agitator 39 is pivoted on a pin 38m carried by theears 38. `This agitator includes a pair of upwardly inclinedle'xtensions 40 adapted to work up and down through` the transverse space 20 in the-shelf edge and to engage the straws adjacent fthe discharge'slotway to agitate them and assure against stickingor The agitator 39 is linked 'at`41 between a pai-roffears 3tlg/to the pin 35Vof the crank plate 34 so that'when the shaft 22 is rocked the said agitator will be moved as and for the purposes described.,k

Theplatev 19, itwill thus be seen, carries Y alljoi thel operating parts of the .machine except the'operating Y spring 37. The i lever 24 and the return ate 19 and the Y parts carried thereby `may 'be assembled as a unit A before placin Y it to which the plate 19`is fastened 19.12, the back edge e rlvering the straws @in the v the' same in the casing. The inclined ysh'el 13 has ears 17m stam ysc'rews 19g/of theplate 19 is jbent over/to s platemore nearly horizontally tian the shelf. f

The operation ofthe Vmechanismior depresent .machine ace t 1s essentially the same as that disclosedin my patent referred to andis as follows: y e

Normally the parts are in the position means yet a collar and pin 26 and is adaptfedto engagestops 27 ltoan end wall of the shell'to4 limit the rockby links 33 with a crank plate- 34 havingV spaced ears 36 secured at 35,0nrk v the rocker-shaft 22. i A spring( is connected 4 tothey pin 2,6 and to the shelf 13 and serves 33 lie and whichA .d froml illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 vofthe drawings' s i with the rockable U member arms 31 eX- 'tending across beneath; the drop anges'15 and 17 andthe discharge slotway delined thereby and serving to support the lstraws against discharge through the said slotway. As the operatinglever 24 is i'orced downwardly the positions of the members v2.8 will be're'versed `from that shown in full lines in [the said'Figure 3 to the positions illustrated inidOttQd 1li-Dee inthe Said figure, or in other words, withv the arms 31 withdrawn from across'the-lslotway and the arms 30 inserted through the openings 21 and across the said eletwa'y.` The movement of the arms 30and 31 is such thatl as the arms 31 are moved from beneath the single: straw-to-be-discharged the armsO-willfbemoved' beneath the 'remaining strawsvin the dischargefslotway 'and will support themagainstv discharge movement until the arms"v 31 assume ,their normal position above i referred "to upon `release of pressure upon ther operating'l lever y24Y and the return action Itfwill be observed by reference toFigures 2 and 5210i 'theV drawings that the respective arms y31 and 30 operate onrplanesspaced of the parts occasioned'by the spring apart a distance equivalent to the diameter of the straws so thatfat a certain time in the chan eofpesition'invthe said arms yfrom that illustrated .in lfull lines in Figure `3 to lthe positions `illustrated inkk dotted lines Yin that figure, both arms of each member 28v will engage the straw being discharged and as vthey.V are moving nopposite directions as diagrammatically illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawings they will impart a partial rotation' to 'the straw by `ii'ricti'onal engagement such as willassure against any tendencyv of A By reason, of the tors 39 and 40 and of the arms 30 and 31 in effecting the release of a single straw while supporting'tlie remainder of the straws, andalso the provision of the abutment plate 16, all possibility of mis-alignment of the char e slotway sor of sticking* in warm' -weat er is obviated. e

Asa straw leaves the discharge slotway it falls onto anV outwardly downwardly inclined platej44 carried bythe base andonto receiving h'ooksoriingers 45fwhich are spaced a considerable distance apart as is clearly illustrated in Figure .1 of the drawings.

'The plate 44 is `bent toprovide a supportprovisions ofthe agitaing ange 42 byfwhich it is secured to the base 1 Vwith screws 43. It alsol has'back stop straws with the dis-V the peculiar cooperation lugs or ,ears 47 stamped fromxthe plate to Of course, .the front wall of y.thewsliell is the straw to stick and1r will facilitate the [proper discharge thereof from the slotway.

with a suitable i 'f lin is provid'eda cabinet Figure l of thedrawingsfit isV made naturalthat a person grasping astrawshould Vgrasp it Yintermediately yof 'its ends, l ing unsanitary it is thought' that which thev straws may pass.

By spacing the members' as shown-in either end. 'Ihisxfactr` in connection-.5 with closure of the shell against the promiscuous V'handling of the straws rendersfthe'devicey v. f1-c'onnec'zting:saidV crank While I have disclosedand described the vdevice as adaptable for use kin dispensing] sodawater straws itfshould be understood that the, invention maybe employed fordis-v matchesfor any pensinglead pencils, and other. long thin articles, and by the Aaddition of a suitable! com control means the device may be utilized as a vending machine.

Fromthe foregoing descriptiomtaken in connection with the accompanying f drawings,

the novel detailsv of construction, the manner of .use and theadvan- 'tages of my inventionwill be" readily ap- Vparentto those skilledl in the kart to which f it relates.l r Y f What I claiirlis:

l. In a dispenslng cabinet,laf-shell 'sec-v v .tion and a base section, said shell section-f having a discharge 'slotway adjacent Vthe base -zway ai Aunit vc'oinprismg a mounting plate, i aiset Lof Usshapedrockermembers `pivotally 'j' thus?l discouragey grasping f jf ftheg strawy at wanting platea 'rock' vbearings on saidbetweeny slitsl being remaining portions'being to lie in substantially the sarngeplanelnormal vto ,provide a pair.

ps. ja'ais-pensagavaaof asap, ahem i .Y having 'an inclined` art'clsfuppottng 'Shelf and a discharge Slots mounted on said mounting plate,"` anagita; g torimember.alsopivotally mountedon said y haftj'ournalled inf y mounting plate, a crank rplate scarried "by said rock-shaftfand'links :f

' plate-with each said* U- shaped rocker members andvsaid'agitator'# l member,-"substantially as specified.

- 1 4. Indispensing Vdevicesfof" they character l* i described, any `abutmentfplate f comprising ya bod-y having onefe'dge'slit, alternate portions l bent upwardly and the` ,v J

vtoy the body of the plate, fthe; other edgeofy f* l I the plate being 'bent downwardly andfslittedf of vupstanding ears which j* lie in a plane parallelto butnot coincident' Vv`v i with thedownwardly'lbent'portionof said;` i. other edge, substantially as and for therpur- 9G" yposes specified.

sectionian Varticle supporting shelf vwithin,-v

the shell section, an outwardly, and. down,-

. section and projected throughthe dischargeV Slotway and havingafching fungere; at the f articles onto said outwardly andV downward- Y ly inclined plate, substantially as shown and` described.

y wardly' inclined plate mounted on the base r f 2. In dispensing cab1nets,'a base section, a

shell section, means on said-'base sectionl to receiveadischarged article and deliver it to the outside of theshell section, section having a discharge slotway, an article supporting shelfin said vshell section inclined to the slotway, neath said shelf, said mounting plate having bearing ears, said bearing ears,

said rock shaft yto turn said Vshell a rock shaft mountedk in, alever vlocated on the out@ side of said shellsection. and connected to the same, a return a moimting plate-secured be* f spring for said rock r shaftwand stops limit-V jNAV bers,

' carrying plate,

ing the throw ef snaren; Shaft, a sa of rocker members mounted 'onsaid' U-shaped an agitator member rockably mounted on said plate, a crank plate :secured f 'l said agitator member,

said crank plateand #said link connections l being assembled las aunit for mounting in i stantially as specified; l

said shell section, vsub 4to'said rock shaft'Yandflinkconnections betweenfsaid U-shaped.;rockermembers, said agitator membery andjsaid crank plate, said v'mounting plate, said U shaped"'rocker mena.` f f' said rock shaft, 

